📅 20 Mei 1983
Institut Pasteur researchers published their first paper on the new human retrovirus in Science.
📅 20 Mei 1983
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was central to the collaborative research reported on this date.
📅 20 Mei 1983
The paper supplied evidence for investigating the virus that became known as HIV.
📅 20 Mei 1983
Identifying and publishing the retrovirus supported later work on tests and medicines; effective treatment did not yet exist.